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Belarusian Sprinter Who Said She Was Being Sent Home ‘Under Pressure,’ Granted Polish Visa

Joe Morgan
Belarusian Sprinter Who Said She Was Being Sent Home ‘Under Pressure,’ Granted Polish Visa
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A 24-year-old female athlete from Belarus who feared for her safety after she criticized the Belarusian Olympic Committee staff is seeking asylum in Poland.

Female sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya said she was removed from the olympic team and taken to the airport in order to return to Belarus, but told Japanese authorities that she did not, in fact, want to return to her home country. 

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